Luke 14:7
And he spoke a parable to those who were invited when he noticed how they chose out the chief places, saying to them,
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6And they could not answer him back to these things.
Cross References
Judges 14:12And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If ye can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment,
Proverbs 25:7For it is better that it be said to thee, Come up here, than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.
Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
Mark 12:38And in his teaching he said to them, Look away from the scholars, those who desire to go about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,
Luke 20:46Beware of the scholars, who desire to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at the feasts,
Philippians 2:3in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:2-7
A Man Cured of the Dropsy. 1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will… Read the whole commentary →